Chart-topping Swedish rapper Einar is shot dead on the streets of Stockholm

A young Swedish rapper who was murdered on Thursday night on the streets of Stockholm has been seen in a final video mining a throat-slitting motion, just hours before he was shot dead 'execution style'. Rapper Einar, whose real name was Nils Kurt Erik Einar Grönberg, was shot in the head and chest in the port of Hammarby Sjöstad, according to local reports The murder of Einar comes three months after rival rapper Yasin was jailed for 10 months for masterminding a foiled plot to kindap Einar. Among the suspects was another rapper, Haval Khalil who was sentenced in July to two-and-a-half years in prison for complicity in the kidnapping Bitter gang feuds and gun violence in liberal Sweden After the death of 19-year-old rapper Einar on Thursday night, questions over Sweden's rising rates of gun violence are likely to again come to the forefront of public discourse in the Scandinavian country. A man places a candle and flower tribute near the site where Swedish rapper Einar was shot to death, in Hammarby Sjostad district in Stockholm, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 Pictured: Police forensics members work at the site where according to local media Swedish rapper Einar was reportedly shot dead in the street late on Thursday night, in the Hammarby Sjostad district, Stockholm, Sweden October 22, 2021 Swedish rapper Einar performs on stage on September 27, 2019 The son of Swedish actress Lena Nilsson, Einar grew up in southern Stockholm and often referred to the criminal scene in the area in his work. Police is at the site in the Hammarby Sjostad district in Stockholm, Sweden, 21 October 2021, where famous Swedish rap artist Einar was shot dead Media Swedish rapper Einar was reportedly shot dead in the street late on Thursday night, in the Hammarby Sjostad district, Stockholm, Sweden October 22, 2021 Österling added that forensic investigators had made findings at the crime scene that 'may provide valuable in the future', but did not comment on their nature.